Cool Learning Experience

Cool Learning Experience CLE has provided nature- and place-based learning adventures to Lake County youth since 2008.

๐ŸŒฑ Summer is in full swing at CLE!Join us for our Meet & Greet Open House to celebrate the incredible experiences, learni...
06/23/2026

๐ŸŒฑ Summer is in full swing at CLE!

Join us for our Meet & Greet Open House to celebrate the incredible experiences, learning, and community connections that continue to make this summer special for our children. We look forward to seeing families, friends, partners, and supporters.

๐Ÿ“… June 25 | 4:00 PM โ€“ 6:30 PM
๐Ÿ“ First Baptist Church Waukegan, IL

Come celebrate summer with us! โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™

๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ”ฅโฃโฃBold. Compassionate. Unstoppable. ๐Ÿ’œโฃโฃFrom uplifting immigr...
05/20/2026

๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ”ฅโฃ
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Bold. Compassionate. Unstoppable. ๐Ÿ’œโฃ
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From uplifting immigrant families to building programs that truly make a difference, sheโ€™s been doing the work that changes lives and strengthens communities. โœจโฃ
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๐—ช๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž:โฃ
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๐Ÿ”น She leads with heart and purpose.โฃ
๐Ÿ”น She turns advocacy into real action.โฃ
๐Ÿ”น Sheโ€™s helping create a stronger, more inclusive future for Lake County. ๐ŸŒŸโฃ
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This is more than leadership; this is impact.โฃ
This is what it looks like when someone uses their voice, experience, and passion to empower others. ๐Ÿงกโฃ
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๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ. ๐Ÿ‘โฃ
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๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/3RhUEDIโฃ
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๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ. โ˜€๏ธโฃโฃโฃโฃBut for too many children in Lake County, that cool, joyful break just ...
05/09/2026

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ. โ˜€๏ธโฃโฃ
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But for too many children in Lake County, that cool, joyful break just isn't guaranteed.โฃโฃ
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๐“๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ง.โฃโฃ
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We have only until ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ to turn things around. This isnโ€™t just popcorn. ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ.โฃโฃ
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๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฆ‹โฃโฃ
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๐€๐œ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ:โฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‘ code in the image.โฃโฃ
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค: tinyurl.com/PGTreats4CLE
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: You must order or donate by ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“!โฃโฃ
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๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ!โฃ
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05/04/2026

We got over 50 reactions on our posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! ๐ŸŽ‰

๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. โฃโฃ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ– ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ at ๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐—ช๐š๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐—ช๐š๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง, 20% o...
04/22/2026

๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. โฃ
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๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ– ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ at ๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐—ช๐š๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐—ช๐š๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง, 20% of qualifying sales will support Cool Learning Experience when you ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐“๐’๐‚๐†๐ˆ๐•๐„๐’ or show the CLE flyer. โฃ
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๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž this post with your friends, ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž, and ๐ฌ๐ง๐š๐ฉ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ. ๐“๐š๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ and tell us where in Lake County you are coming from so we can see all the neighborhoods represented. โฃ
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๐—ช๐š๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง, ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ๐š๐ ๐จ, ๐™๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ, tonightโ€™s smoothie run can help students explore more of the natu...
04/22/2026

๐—ช๐š๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง, ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ๐š๐ ๐จ, ๐™๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ, tonightโ€™s smoothie run can help students explore more of the natural world around them. โฃ
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๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ– ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐—ช๐š๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง, 20% of fundraiser sales go to Cool Learning Experience when you participate ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐“๐’๐‚๐†๐ˆ๐•๐„๐’ or the CLE flyer. ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ญ๐š๐  who you hope to see there, and ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€œ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€ when you arrive. โฃ
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04/22/2026

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ $๐Ÿ‘,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ ๐จ๐š๐ฅ. Letโ€™s keep it poppinโ€™! โฃ
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๐Ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ โฃ
๐Ÿ”—โฃ https://tinyurl.com/PGTreats4CLE
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04/22/2026

Today, ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ง๐. ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ– ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐—ช๐š๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž when you participate in our fundraiser with ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐“๐’๐‚๐†๐ˆ๐•๐„๐’ or the CLE flyer. โฃ
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๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž this Reel, ๐ญ๐š๐  @๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, and ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ who would love a midweek boost. ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ your favorite smoothie flavor so others get ideas. โฃ
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lakecountyil communitychallenge

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ. ๐ŸŒŽโฃโฃThere's something beautiful about ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž. Even when you can't see what's c...
04/22/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ. ๐ŸŒŽโฃ
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There's something beautiful about ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž. Even when you can't see what's coming next. Even when all you have is a handful of potential and a little bit of faith.โฃ
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That's what this ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง feels like.โฃ
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At ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ณ๐ข, they're not just popping popcorn. They're ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ. Something that starts with local ingredients and ends with real change for families, for farmers, for this planet we all share.โฃ
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This Earth Day, they're teaming up with ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž for a special fundraiser. Every bag you buy helps them keep doing what they do best: ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ญ.โฃ
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So ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐›๐š๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐. It helps fund a future where small actions add up to something massive.โฃ
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Ready to help? ๐Ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://tinyurl.com/PGTreats4CLE
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๐ƒ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š ๐ŸŒ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฅ. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.โฃ
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Let's change the world together. Right from Lake County.โฃ
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๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ. On ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐—ช๐š๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง will give ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ% ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค to Cool Lea...
04/21/2026

๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ. On ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐—ช๐š๐ฎ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง will give ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ% ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค to Cool Learning Experience when you participate in our fundraiser ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐“๐’๐‚๐†๐ˆ๐•๐„๐’ or the CLE flyer. โฃ
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Imagine bright cups, big laughs, and students across Lake County learning under open skies because of you. ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž this post, ๐ญ๐š๐  a smoothie buddy, and ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ so you do not miss it. โฃ
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